Rev. Henry Polhemus

31 May 1772–2 November 1815 (Age 43)
Harlingen, Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America

The Life Summary of Henry

When Rev. Henry Polhemus was born on 31 May 1772, in Harlingen, Somerset, New Jersey, British Colonial America, his father, Daniel Polhemeus, was 26 and his mother, Cornelia Van Vechten, was 25. He married Mary Disborough on 13 March 1799, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 2 November 1815, at the age of 43, and was buried in Bruynswick, Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rev. Henry Polhemus
1772–1815
Mary Disborough
1777–1807
Marriage: 13 March 1799
Henry Disborough Polhemus
1800–1851
Daniel Polhemus
1805–
Catherine Polhemus
1801–1879
Cornelia Ann Polhemus
1803–1878

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 March 1799New York, United States
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1776
    Age 4
    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
    1776
    Age 4
    New York is the 11th state.
    1786 · Shays' Rebellion
    Age 14
    Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.

    Name Meaning

    Dutch: Latinized form of Polheim, a habitational name from a place in southern Germany or Switzerland.History: Johann Theodore Polheim, otherwise known as Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, was a 17th-century Lutheran minister, probably of German-Swiss origin. His earliest pastorates were probably in the Palatinate. In the early 1630s he was pastor at Meppel in the province of Overijssel, the Netherlands, then from 1637 to 1654 he was a pastor in the Dutch settlement in Brazil. When that settlement failed in 1656, he came to Amersfoort, New Netherland, as its first Dominie.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

    Possible Related Names

    Polhamus
    Paulhamus

    Sources (6)

    • Henry Polhemus in entry for Catherine Polhemus, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
    • Rev. Henry Polhemus, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
    • Henry Polhemus, "Find A Grave Index"

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